Re: your vampire AU: When I'm on AO3, I can see the green checkmark that indicates your fic is complete, but it still says "chapters 1/2". It kind of confused me, and I didn't realize the second chapter was there until I actually clicked on your fic, scrolled to the end, and clicked the "next chapter" button. Maybe others think it's not complete, and that's affecting the hits/kudos? Just thought I'd let you know, in case you want to look into it. The fandom attrition is real too, alas.
huh, I hadn't noticed that. I think I've fixed it now. I wonder if it's related to the thing where publish date is tied to the date you make a draft rather than the date you hit post on (which can cause a bunch of issues) or if it's just because I posted both chapters together too quickly or something. the post dates were odd to start with and I think they got reset to today when I fixed it oops. really wish they'd fix that draft/post date bug.
very strange.
thank you so much for pointing that out!
and yeah, the shoot fandom is super quiet and average kudo count for shoot fics has gone way down (I've seen people complaining that that's a larger issue for all fandoms, even active ones, but I don't have enough data to confirm). and on the one hand I prefer a quieter fandom since the number of assholes is greatly decreased, and on the other no one wants to feel like they're talking to an empty room.
I've got another entire new shoot au written that I'm going to start posting at some point and another thing I'm working on, so I haven't stopped writing, but it does get harder to keep being enthusiastic about writing and posting more.
thank you again for pointing that out. I never would have noticed
















